Exotic Erotic

Exotic Erotic

I googles "erotic" and this is the first image that popped up.
The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word erotic is exotic, followed by a mental picture of an advertisement for a sex store and strip club called Erotica. Then of course the Snoop Dogg song called Sexual Seduction. Random right? But once we talked about it in our group discussion, I began to analyze it and know that it does not always have to mean something sexual. According to Article 29, the word erotic comes from the Greek word eros which means, the personification of love in all its aspects-born of Chaos, and personifying creative power and harmony. The author uses erotic in an uplifting for women way, not the negative all-about-sex connotation that it tends to have. It definitley opened up my eyes to the meaning of it...

Picture this: a place where obesity is at it's peak, a place where you can buy the most unhealthy food for less than what you can pay for something healthy, AND the word fat is used more than a simple "thank you." This, my friend, is American society...and a part of the fashion industry.

Being a fashion major, i feel almost obligated to defend the model world and their outrageously high standards, but sometimes it's better to just sit back and watch how the fashion world works.

According to multiple sources, models are not even looked at as professionals. They are seen as just "hangers" for the designers garments. Talk about being seen as worthless...

Worst of all is how models are treated: inside an outside of their jobs. They are constantly set up for failures and/or let downs so hard that even their self-esteem should be lower than low. Yet for some reason or another, they continue with their profession, ignoring the negative connotations it has.

I'll leave you with a few questions: Exactly what is fat in American standards? Who came up with these standards? And the people who came up with theses standards, are they fat?